The donor, Dr. Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, is a well-known art historian. His books include: Modern Chicano Writers: A Collection of Critical Essays (1979), and Velvet Barrios: Popular Culture and Chicana/O Sexualities (2003).The donor, Dr. Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, is a well-known art historian. His books include: Modern Chicano Writers: A Collection of Critical Essays (1979), and Velvet Barrios: Popular Culture and Chicana/O Sexualities (2003).
The collection is arranged into one series.
Eight poster-sized pieces of calendar art, reproductions of paintings by artists Jesus de Helguera, Eduardo Catano, and A. Barr. Several show the signature of Helguera in the painting, and the signatures of Catano and Barr are seen in two other items; no signatures can be found in others. Several include the printer or publisher credit, Galas de Mexico. Subjects are beautiful young women and handsome men. Several reference Aztec legends or themes. These reproductions do not contain actual calendars; apparently the calendar portion was trimmed off each item. They were originally framed. The largest item also contains advertising for cigarettes, including Raleigh and other brands, plus the "Villa Hermosa" Super Carniceria.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Dr. Ybarra-Frausto donated these posters to the Archives Center on October 11, 1998.
Archives of American Art
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material on Chicano art, 1965-2004
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto Calendar Collection, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection processed by David Haberstich, 2009.
Man wearing sombrero, holding a young woman with him on a horse.
[Man and woman in an embrace on horseback.] [Color photomechanical reproduction.]
Signed Eduardo Catano in lower left. 19-1/4 x 15-5/8" (48.8 x 39.8 cm.) Man wearing sombrero, seated on a pile of fishnets, holding a paddle, while a young woman sits nearby; a basket contains fish. Signed Jesus de Helguera, lower left. Border cut off. 19-7/8 x 15-3/4" (50.5 x 39.8 cm.)
AC0660-0000001m.tif (AC Scan No.)
Undated poster, reproduction of a painting, signed in lower left. The man wears a sombrero.
Title underneath image, "Cuquita la Fuente." Signed by Jesus de Helguera, lower left. 20-1/2 x 15-3/4" (52.0 x 39.8 cm.) Aztec male with sleeping woman, mountains and volcano in background. Signed Jesus de Helguera, lower right. 20 x 16" (50.7 x 40.6 cm.) Reproduced in "Cronos y Cromos" catalog with title above illustration, "El Aguila," and caption below, "La leyenda de los volcanes," dated 1941.
Unsigned. 22-1/2 x 15-3/4" (57.0 x 39.8 cm.)
Caption "Grandeza Azteca." Galas de Meixco, S.A. Signed Jesus Helguera, lower right. 20-1/4 x 15-5/8" (51.6 x 39.8 cm.)
Woman sewing jacket, with chickens nearby; a cowboy and cattle are behind her.
[Farm scene with a woman mending or sewing a jacket (?) in the foreground and a man wearing a sombrero, on horseback in the background]. [color photomechanical reproduction of a painting].
Signed A. Barr, lower right. 22-1/4 x 18-1/2" (56.5 x 46.1 cm.) Cut off at bottom.
AC0660-0000002m.tif (AC Scan No.)
Chickens and cattle nearby. Undated poster, signed "A. Barr," lower right
Signed Jesus Helguera, lower left. Cigarette advertising above image, including Raleigh and other brands. "Cigarrera la Moderna, S.A. de C.V., Monterrey, N.L., Mexico." Advertising below image for "Villa Hermosa" Super Carniceria.